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conditions of access: Consultation requires the authorisation of the president of the Central Jewish Consistory of Belgium.
agent has or had location: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/be-002111/locations/1
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds grand rabbin wiener
history: The legal basis for the Jewish faith’s recognition as an organised religion in Belgium country is the decree of 17 March 1808. Its official recognition by the Belgian State came about in 1832, via the Royal Decree of 21 May. A law of 4 March on the “temporal aspects of the faiths” stipulated the rights and duties of the recognised faiths in the kingdom. A Royal Decree of 23 February 1871 then confirmed the existence of the boards of directors of the five “synagogues” or communities that existed at the time, namely, those of Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Liège, and Arlon, under the aegis of the Jewish Central Consistory of Belgium. A Royal Decree of 7 February 1876, then went on to spell out the composition of the synagogues’ boards of directors and the procedures for electing their members (vote by secret ballot). Each community delegates one or more of its members to represent it in the Consistory. Together these delegates form the Consistorial Assembly, which meets several times a year. Seventeen Jewish communities are currently recognised: three in Antwerp, one in Arlon, seven in Brussels, one in Charleroi, one in Knokke, one in Liège, one in Ostend, and one in Waterloo. The Consistorial Assembly’s role is similar to that of a non-profit association’s general assembly. Decisions on daily management matters, for their part, are made by the Executive Board or “Bureau.” The Secretariat is responsible for the Consistory’s daily operation, in parallel with the executive officers. Whereas the Consistory’s role at the start was to represent and defend the temporal interests of the Jewish faith in dealing with the country’s civil authorities and to serve as the statutory speaking partner in all dealings with the State when it came to recognising the Jewish communities and appointing their religious officers, the range of matters within the Consistory’s purview has broadened greatly, especially since the end of World War II, ranging from religious observance to cultural matte…
name: Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique / Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België
sources: [Jewish Central Consistory of Belgium](http://www.jewishcom.be/) website consulted on 18/07/2019
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds wjro cncjbr fonds restitutions
has or had agent name: Central Jewish Consistory of Belgium
type: Institution
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds ministères 1 2
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds ccib divers correspondance
sources: [Yerusha European Jewish Archives Network](https://www.yerusha-search.eu/viewer/metadata/SAB-0508/1/LOG_0000/)
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds œuvres sociales communautaires 2 3
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb archives de moscou
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb varia
has or had agent name: CCIB-CICB
sources: Pierre-Alain Tallier (dir.), Gertjan Desmet & Pascale Falek-Alhadeff, *Sources pour l'histoire des populations juives et du judaïsme en Belgique/Bronnen voor de geschiedenis van de Joden en het Jodendom in België, 19de-21ste eeuw*, Brussel, ARA-AGR/Avant-Propos, 2016, 1,328 p.
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds correspondance avec des institutions étrangères
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb archives anciennes
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds antisémitisme et aide aux réfugiés
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds enseignement
is or was holder of: be-002111-be ccib cicb fonds communautés 2 1 et 2 2